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A Warning

           "Well,"saidGlenarvan,"whoaretheauthorsofthecrime?"

           "Read,"repliedtheMajor,offeringGlenarvanacopyoftheAustralianandNewZealandGazette,"andyouwillseethattheinspectorofthepolicewasnotmistaken."

           Glenarvanreadaloudthefollowingmessage:

           SYDNEY,Jan.2,1866.

           Itwillberememberedthatonthenightofthe29thor30thoflastDecembertherewasanaccidentatCamdenBridge,fivemilesbeyondthestationatCastlemaine,ontherailwayfromMelbournetoSandhurst.Thenightexpress,11.45,dashingalongatfullspeed,wasprecipitatedintotheLoddonRiver.

           CamdenBridgehadbeenleftopen.Thenumerousrobberiescommittedaftertheaccident,thebodyoftheguardpickedupabouthalfamilefromCamdenBridge,provedthatthiscatastrophewastheresultofacrime.

           Indeed,thecoroner’sinquestdecidedthatthecrimemustbeattributedtothebandofconvictswhichescapedsixmonthsagofromthePenitentiaryatPerth,WesternAustralia,justastheywereabouttobetransferredtoNorfolkIsland.

           Thegangnumberstwenty-ninemen;theyareunderthecommandofacertainBenJoyce,acriminalofthemostdangerousclass,whoarrivedinAustraliaafewmonthsago,bywhatshipisnotknown,andwhohashithertosucceededinevadingthehandsofjustice.

           Theinhabitantsoftowns,colonistsandsquattersatstations,areherebycautionedtobeontheirguard,andtocommunicatetotheSurveyor-Generalanyinformationthatmayaidhissearch.J.P.MITCHELL,S.G.

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